Climate Change: Britain Predicts Global Catastrophy (This Day) The British Government yesterday predicted that the world will witness a round of global catastophies arising from increased temperature of the earth by the year 2050, unless the international community agree to take concerted steps towards addressing the problem of global warming and climate change. [News Source]

‘Smart cities’ mean rivalry in power, construction. The idea of energy self-sufficient cities is gaining currency in the European Union, which has set itself the ambitious task of cutting carbon dioxide emissions to a fifth below 1990 levels by 2020 -- the biggest cuts anywhere in the world. [News Source]

Carolina wren, others nudged north. The Carolina wren — the state bird of South Carolina — has turned into a Yankee. It’s among more than half of 305 bird species in North America that are spending the winter about 35 miles farther north than they did 40 years ago, according to an Audubon Society study to be released today. [News Source]

Skiing is ‘doomed’ — so enjoy it while it lasts. Scotland may be blanketed in snow this week, but the ski industry is doomed to disappear within decades, a leading climate expert has warned. [News Source]

The tiny, slimy savior of global coral reefs? Coral reefs, already declining in many areas around the world, face even tougher times ahead, say scientists. But corals have an innate – if limited – capacity to adapt to rising temperatures. [News Source]

Amazon forest may get drier, but survive warming. Amazonian forests may be less vulnerable to dying off from global warming than feared because many projections underestimate rainfall, a study showed. [News Source]

Ghana’s economy vulnerable to impacts of climate change on fisheries. A new study gives fresh evidence that the economies of Ghana and several countries are being negatively affected by the impacts of climate change on fisheries. [News Source]

Climate change adaptation. A two-year project - a partnership between Ecology North and the Tlicho government and communities - is underway to get Tlicho communities ready for climate change. [News Source]

Climate change is altering the range of birds. Half of 305 selected bird species in North America -- a sample that includes robins, gulls, owls and other common species -- are on average spending winter about 35 miles farther north than they did 40 years ago. [News Source]

Salamanders “completely gone” due to global warming? Silent and secretive creatures, salamanders are just as quietly falling off the map in tropical forests throughout Central America, a new study says. [News Source]

The 20 bird species that moved the farthest north. The following 20 birds moved the most north of all 305 species studied by the Audubon Society. [News Source]